It’s tough to be optimistic about investments and the market these days. It seems that there’s one piece of bad news after another. Stock are not doing very well, and I mentioned a couple weeks ago that bonds have better

These two stocks, Le Chateau and Reitmans both appear to offer an attractive investment at this time. They are also both in the same industry, so it’s interesting to compare them to each other. They are both affected by the

Reading academic investment literature, one might think that volatility was an enemy to be feared. In fact, volatility is often equated with risk, as though just the fact that prices fluctuate is the same as the risk of losing money.

The stock market is not showing much strength. It has negative momentum and the popular consensus seems to be that things will get worse. Of course, that doesn’t mean they will, but the outlook appears to be rather pessimistic. And

People don’t learn to handle money without practice. In our society, being able to handle money is a life skill. There is an ongoing debate about whether or not money skills should be taught in schools. I’m not sure that’s

What a negative week for equity markets. The TSX 50 day moving average is at 13,721 and the 200 day moving average is at 13,258. It closed this week below either of those at 13,084. This is not a positive

WARNING: This is purely speculative. I don’t know what’s going to happen. The Story: Sino-Forest owns timberland in China. They farm the trees, then sell them into the lumber industry for construction. This is generally a relatively stable investment, given

I will introduce the tools that I use in researching stocks. Nothing I can do will guarantee success, but my hope is to avoid the largest, most obvious risks. I gather as much information as is practical, and then make

Last week, I put my money where my mouth is and bought the gold ETF. This week, gold (IGT) continues to present better momentum than the other asset classes. This coincides well with a market correction, since gold has risen

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